G.I. Joe
#31
(May 1954)
Ziff-Davis,
1951 Series
- Volume
- 4
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Ziff-Davis Publishing Company
- Brand
- A Ziff-Davis Comic
- Editing
- Herbert W. Rogoff
[no title indexed]
G.I. Gags / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I think we're being followed!
- Genre
- humor; military
Indexer Notes
On inside front cover.
The Weight of the Bar
G.I. Joe / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- Pvt. Joe Burch; Sgt. Mulvaney; Lt. Parker; Pvt. Malcolm Collins; Pvt. Ugly Otis; Cpl. Carpuccio; Pvt. Cornelius Hoolihan [Weepy]; Pvt. Eckersall [Meatball]
- Synopsis
- Sgt. Mulvaney is promoted to lieutenant but is reluctant to accept the new bars.
Indexer Notes
Art credits suggested by the Who's Who.
The Oof Girl
The Yardbirds / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Pvt. Windy Bragg; Pvt. Whitey Hicks; Sgt. Gruff; Col. Ruppert Fumes; Mrs. Fumes; Mr. Lenz (movie director)
- Synopsis
- The Colonel's wife wants to make it as a movie star.
Indexer Notes
Dan DeCarlo is credited to both pencils and ink on The Yardbirds in Jerry Bails' Who's Who, but Rudy Lapick is also credited as his personal inker, and the inking is not to be distinguished from other signed DeCarlo/Lapick stories in G.I. Joe.
[no title indexed]
G.I. Joe's Pen Pals / letters page / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Our service men all over the world...
Indexer Notes
Drawing on top of page of two G.I.s reading letters and the head of a young girl.
The Ugly Gigolo
G.I. Joe / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- Pvt. Joe Burch; Sgt. Mulvaney; Pvt. Alvin Otis [Ugly Otis]; Cpl. Eileen
- Synopsis
- Ugly Otis buys a ring for Miss Eileen
Indexer Notes
Art credits suggested by the Who's Who.
[no title indexed]
Dear Gertrude / text story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Tokyo, Japan...
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- Pvt. Sam Cosgrove; Gertrude Cosgrove
Indexer Notes
Not an ordinary Letters page, but a continuing story told by means of letters from a G.I. to wife at home.
[no title indexed]
Reserved- G.I.'s Only / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- B. Schneider [as Schneider] (signed)
- Inks
- B. Schneider [as Schneider] (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I hear the "Basic" is rough!
- Genre
- humor
Look at His Teeth!
G.I. Joe / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- Pvt. Joe Burch; Sgt. Mulvaney; Pvt. Cornelius Hoolihan [Weepy]; Pvt. Eckersall [Meatball]; Pvt. Hosier Hawkins; Pvt. Reilly [Ready-Money]
Indexer Notes
Art credits suggested by the Who's Who.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
G.I. Joe -
1.
["I think we're being followed!"]
G.I. Gags -
2.
The Weight of the Bar
G.I. Joe -
3.
The Oof Girl
The Yardbirds -
4.
["Our service men all over the world..."]
G.I. Joe's Pen Pals -
5.
The Ugly Gigolo
G.I. Joe -
6.
["Tokyo, Japan..."]
Dear Gertrude -
7.
["I hear the "Basic" is rough!"]
Reserved- G.I.'s Only -
8.
Look at His Teeth!
G.I. Joe -
9.
1000 Live Baby Turtles Given Away
Honor House Products, Corp. -
10.
["Doolittle's ready to go back to duty..."]
G.I. Jokes -
11.
Hands Tied?
American School
This issue was modified by, among others
- Steinar Ådland
- Gregory Fischer
- Michael Hoskin
- James Ludwig
- Tony R. Rose
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